Reader's note: I am currently trying to record something very long and emotionally fraught, and needed to record something upbeat and quickly-finished as a break. Hardison is always great fun to read and I love the layers of meta in this story.

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than betaing (but probably not better than actually writing) the Fic That Ate Yuletide.

In addition, here are a bunch of podfics previously posted to amplificathon and not here because I didn't know it was here, in reverse chronological order. Fandoms: Temeraire, SGA, Alien movie series, SG-1, Leverage/Iron Man movies.

Got your final report yesterday on Project LV-426. I'm amazed. Great work all around. It's been forwarded to the Chair, our friends at the Pentagon, the Defense Appropriations Committee, and DARPA. The acid-resistant armor is something that should really catch their eye.

We're expecting some big grant money from this.

Burke

Burke,

Did you read even the executive summary of my report? There are some interesting biomaterials that we could work with, but I stressed, multiple times, that this creature is far too dangerous to even consider using in military research projects. It's aggressive, stupid, vicious, aggressive, impossible to train, and did I mention aggressive?

. . .their limbs work on hydraulic principles and operate under pressure, which is why they splurt like a popped water balloon when they get hit in those Marine camera feeds we saw. A slight wound to a limb takes them right the hell out of commission, and now your troops have to deal with an insanely aggressive and stupid xenomorphic K-9 unit that oh by the way IS BLEEDING ACID.

Author's summary: "Yeah, I don't know," Rodney agreed, hitting something with a wrench and then jolting back as blue sparks came out of a different crystal. "It's not like I want to coerce him into having sex with us or abandoning the cultural traditions of his now-dead home planet or anything, but jeez, forty days?"

Content notes: OT4; no standard notes apply. Author's rating and notes: explicit; contains a very brief mention of (non-sexual) torture having happened in the past.

Reader's note: one of my favorite OT4 stories, for the hot, and the unexpectedly sweet, and all the perfect little details about their lives together.

Story: The First Cut Is the Deepest (LJ, DW, AO3) by diraFandom: SG-1Author's summary: The Tau'ri's paper was as unexpectedly dangerous as they were themselves. Teal'c raised his eyebrows, impressed.Content notes: Gen; no standard notes apply. Author's rating and notes: general audiences; graphic depiction of paper cuts.Listen: 6:45, 4.6 MB MP3; download from Dropbox or stream at Dreamwidth.

Reader's note: because I fully agree that there needed to be fic about the first time Teal'c gets a paper cut.

Authors' summary: None. Excerpt: "'I won this all expenses paid vacation to scenic nowhere because you need a hacker," says Alec, talking before he realizes what he's saying, but when he listens to himself, it's pretty obvious. The corner of Fury's mouth curls up again, and Alec admires abstractly the way he manages to make it creepy as fuck while fighting the urge to try to sidle out of its range."

Content notes: gen; no standard notes apply. Authors' rating and notes: general audiences. Warning: The Turing test was harmed in the production of this motion picture.